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Science competition in Kalaigaon

By AT News |

A block level science based competition met huge response at the Kalaigaon Girls High School on Saturday.

Aryabhatta science Centre Kalaigaon Block under the aegis of Assam Science Technology & Environment Council organised the day long programme in association with Kalaigaon Girls High School.

Students and teachers of schools from Tangla and Kalaigaon, namely- Arunodoi Academy,Tangla; Tangla English Medium High School; Tangla Adarsha Bidyapith,Kalaigaon Girls High School, Kalaigaon Girls MV School,Lokapriya Bordoloi Public School,Kalaigaon;Bright Life English High School,Kalaigaon and Pride Academy,Kalaigaon participated in science based- poster drawing, extempore speech and science model competition.

A total of twelve numbers of science models were displayed by the students. Kandeswar Deka,former principal of Kalaigaon HS School and president of SMDC of Kalaigaon Girls HS hoisted the Aryabhatta flag at 10 AM before inaugurating the competitions.

In science based extempore speech competition- Rimjim Chaliha (Arunodoi Academy, Tangla) won first prize while Usha Rani Rabha ( TEMHS,Tangla) and Sapna Barhoi ( Bright Life English School,Kalaigaon) won second and third prizes.In science based poster drawing competition -Prastuti Parashar (Bright Life English School,Kalaigaon ) won first prize ,while Tribeni Sarma ( Tangla Adarsha Bidyapith ) and Himanta Biswa Deka ( Arunodoi Academy,Tangla) won second and third prizes.

In the science based model competition- Moitreyee Sarma and Bhupali Kashyap ( Tangla Adarsha Bidyapith) won first prize while Monpreet Kaur and Henrita Boro ( Arunodoi Academy,Tangla) and Dolly Saharia ( Kalaigaon Girls High School ) won second and third prizes.

All the winners will take part in the district level science competition to be held at Udalguri in the month of April this year under the supervision of Udalguri district administration.

The winner of science based extempore speech competition Rimjim Chaliha has been qualified to join the exposure tour to Science City in Kolkata to be organised by ASTEC in coming months along with other winners from other blocks of the state.

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